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Summary: Taking the wrong Crossroads
Review: This 10th volume of the Wheel of Time seems to have come up with a flat. Although written in Jordan's usual style with copious detail and characterization, absolutely nothing happens until the last chapter, with Egwene running into trouble. It seems that Jordan could not decide where the series is going and was marking time until he decides. A reader could skip this volume with no loss.
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Summary: Not really a review...still haven't finished the book
Review: I guess this doesn't really count as a review since, despite repeated efforts, I haven't finished the book yet.The first attempt was abandoned after the exhaustive effort of reading the Prologue. I took a break to read Steven Erikson's "Memories of Ice". Now there's a confusing series with a whole host of characters that I enjoy reading, because in almost every chapter...something happens to the characters! My second attempt (bypassing the prologue) has stalled at chapter 9. CoT will have to wait until I finish Terry Goodkind's "Naked Empire." To be honest, I can't remember what has happened in CoT up to chapter 9, except that Perrin is still wandering around in the woods looking for Faile, and Mat is tagging along with a circus holding the Daughter of Nine Moons (a character I actually looked forward to with expectation, but haven't really learned anything about...except that she's yet another in a long line of prissy, stuck-up female characters). RJ needs to give his readers some credit. Anyone who has made it this far in the series already knows that the women are concerned about their clothes and the men can't figure out the women. I'll probably eventually finish this book, if only on principle. All I can say is that I read the first 4 books in about a week and a half, and now I can barely read a page without getting bored out of my mind.
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Summary: I simply dont understand some people
Review: If the Wheel of Time series was a 3 book seires, I was call this book the classic middle book. Some say the plot doesnt move, which of course is totaly wrong. It simply leaves you hanging on every single plot line, which is what a classic middle book does. Im not exactly sure WHY people thought there would be any conclutions at all from this book, seeing as how Jordan has said many times he plans on going to at least 11, and now we know, 12 books. Im thinking what upset people is that alot of people didnt die in this book. In all of the other books, there were major battles to end each book. In this one, the same is certainly not true, but the plot does move. In fact thats the entire point of the book is to advance the many plot lines that exist at this point. My guess is that Jordan will be many of these plot lines together in book 11, and conclude in book 12. The first review listed is stated to be writen by a 62 year old I believe. Im surprised this gentelman hasnt learned more patience in all his years. Im only 22 years of age and would appear to have MUCH more than he does. Anyways, like I said, this is a classic middle book. Not alot of action, but the plots alone were enough to keep me reading, and it ends you on a major cliff hanger, making me hope the next book doesnt take Jordan to long to write. If your a lover of this series, then you should enjoy the book. If your simply looking for blood shed, as many here seem to be, then pass on this one.
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Summary: A great read
Review: While this is not the best of Jordan's Wheel of Time series, it deffinetly sets up for a great conclusion to the series. True, nothing really got resolved here (other than discovering the making of heartstone), but everyting that happens in Book 10 leads me to believe that the next book will be unbelievable.
Rating: 
Summary: Brush Stokes
Review: The canvas has been laid out, and Jordon continues to paint. The only ones who will enjoy his latest work though are those that have seen the painting from the begining.
Even at that, It is becoming difficult to follow, charactors new and old, twist that leave you hanging, and schemes that make little sense. I almost want to reread the last 4 books so I can understand a little of what it is I have just read. I have little time or desire to do that however.
So in summary, I would suggest it be added to your collection. Read at your leisure, and hope that for all us aging readers the painting is completed before we die. So we might enjoy a read that we can follow and make sense of throughout.
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Summary: You Can't Be Serious ...
Review: This is my first Amazon.com review, so I carefully reviewed their guidelines before putting my fingers to the keys. They informed me to "be sure to focus [my] comments on the book's content." Well, please pardon my confusion, but what contents are there in this book to discuss? The only thing that happened while I was reading this book was that my opinion of Robert Jordan as a vivid and entertaining writer was completely obliterated. I am now irritated by characters I used to love, impatient with decriptions that used to engage my senses, and disgusted with an author who used to be inspiring. I used to have a rule that I never began a fantasy series before the author had concluded it. I broke that rule in favor of this series. (Partly because some moronic Sales Associate at Barnes & Noble told me that it was finished.) Now I remember exactly why I made that rule in the beginning. Robert Jordan's bio says that he intends to keep writing until they "nail his coffin shut." I have the nails ... does anyone have a hammer?
Rating:
Summary: Better than counting sheep
Review: Save your money - find a plot summary of this book, read it and cross your fingers for the next. What little that happens in this book can easily be summarized in a paragraph or two and you will save yourself countless hours of boredom. On the upside, this book is a tremendous sleep aid. I've read some of the few positive reviews about this book that laud it as a necessary set up piece for Book 11. A 700 page set up piece?! Come on! We are human beings, not ents. This is an epic fantasy series - throw us a frickin' bone here. The only thing epic about this series now is Jordan's self indulgence.
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Summary: Boring
Review: Had to force my self to finish, Worst book I have ever read. I just hope the next book is'nt this bad. I myself camt beleave I finished it. All in all it could have been cut down to mabey 50 pages and all that is needed to be would have been explaned.
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Summary: Okay, that was irritating.
Review: Wow. After how much I loved the first few books, it's hard to believe I'd give this one three stars (and find that I'm actually being really generous). If you've read any of the reviews, then you've probably figured out that nothing much happens in this book. In the last book, the male half of the One Power gets cleaned. In this book, it stays clean. And that's about it. Well, it isn't *really* it, but it feels like it. Actually some kind of interesting things happen to Mat. His thread with Tuon was about the only thing that I cared about in CoT. I think that the major problem with the book is that Jordan has become obsessed with the details of all his characters. The party as we knew it was split up and the book tries to provide us with updates on all of their whereabouts. This is admirable, and I'm inclined to give Jordan some credit because he seems to really be trying to live up to the political landscape that he created in the earlier books. It's understandable because that richness was one of the best things about the Wheel of Time. However, as a reader, it's getting really hard for me to care about these people. There are *way* too many side characters featured and I'm getting sick of trying to remember every Aes Sedai from the last book to think how they fit in the bigger picture. I understand that he needs to do this since the main characters can't be everywhere, but as a reader it's confusing and annoying, in that order. I'm probably going to see this ride through to the end. I've been on it since the beginning, after all. I hope that book 11 will manage to come out before I've completely forgotten book 10.
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Summary: 1 star because 0 stars is not an option
Review: Well folks, there's just not a lot to say that hasn't been said here already. The best part of this book is coming to the review section on this site. What a pile of pointless, navel-gazing, drawn-out, dull crap. Already smarting from the last two bore-a-thons I bought this one with great trepidation and became increasingly wide eyed when I started to realise that nothing was going to happen in this one. Yeah, yeah I can hear the "what a mature, thoughtful bridge this book plays in the larger series" garbage that is out there. Give me a break. For $25 bucks plus I should at least be able to expect SOMETHING to happen. There's more drama in my kid's daycare class in one day than the 600 plus pages of so-called fantasy I've slogged through here. What TOR should publish is a collection of the reviews on this site! Shape up RJ - as far as I'm concerned I'll wait for the last one and get the bottom line. Stretch it out as long as you want - I'm younger than you are.
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